POLICE have announced this morning (Friday) that Maria has been found "safe and well".
POLICE are appealing for help to find a missing woman with links to Somerset.
Maria, 65, was last seen in Bristol yesterday afternoon (Thursday).
The last sighting was in the Church Road area of St George, in Bristol, at about 3.30pm.
Officers are following up information that she has links to Weston-super-Mare and may have travelled there.
A force spokesperson said: "Her disappearance is out of character.
"It isn't thought she has access to a phone or money."
Maria is white, 5ft 1in tall with grey hair in a bun.
She is believed to be wearing a green puffer jacket and black Crocs.
Call 999 if you see her or 101 with any other information using reference number 5221185175.
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